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For most players, the lottery is a statistical disaster. Every time another massive jackpot hits the news, math professors compete to construct the most alarming metaphor to illustrate how unlikely ...

Some approach the lottery like a numbers challenge instead of pure luck. Strategic use of statistics and targeted ticket purchases have led to remarkable wins. From tracking draw trends to covering ...

From the comfort of his desk in the UCLA mathematics department, Skip Garibaldi uses his analytical expertise to help find lottery scammers across the country. Garibaldi, the associate director of the ...

My print column this week examines the math of the lottery. A government-run gambling game may indeed be a tax on people who are bad at math, as mathematicians, T-shirts and bumper stickers suggest, ...

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A four-time Texas lottery winner’s timing is priceless. Joan Ginther, 63, has been dubbed “the luckiest woman on earth,” having scratched her way to four jackpots worth a total of $20.4 million.

A group of 30 current and former employees of a Kentucky middle school who won a $1 million Powerball jackpot hid the winning ticket in a math textbook. The educators refer to themselves as the “Jones ...